What did You Think of An Adventure In Space And Time ?

What did You Think of An Adventure In Space And Time ?

This special one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how Doctor Who was first brought to the screen.

Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry’s glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama, time travel and monsters!

Allied with a team of brilliant people, they went on to create the longest-running science fiction series ever, now celebrating its 50th anniversary.

An Adventure In Space And Time stars David Bradley (William Hartnell); Jessica Raine (Verity Lambert); Sacha Dhawan (Waris Hussein) and Brian Cox (Sydney Newman). It is written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Terry McDonough.

This fantastic one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how the beloved Doctor Who was first brought to the screen.

Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry’s glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama, time travel and monsters!

Allied with a team of brilliant people, they went on to create the longest-running science fiction series ever, now celebrating its 50th anniversary.An Adventure in Space and Time is written by Mark Gatiss, executive produced by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat and Caroline Skinner and directed by Terry McDonough.

David Bradley (Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, Broadchurch) plays the lead role of William Hartnell while Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife, The Woman in Black) co-stars as the first ever producer of Doctor Who, Verity Lambert.

The stellar cast is joined by Sacha Dhawan (Waris Hussein), Lesley Manville (Heather Hartnell), and Brian Cox (Sydney Newman). A must see drama for all doctor who and drama fans alike.

103 comments

Thought it was brilliant.
When I was five years old I was heartbroken when I missed the second episode of the second story ( because I HAD to go to a birthday party – due to parental politics I suspect). ‘Adventure’ re-kindled my interest in Dr Who so I decided to buy the William Hartness episodes on DVD. Today I watched the that second episode that I missed 50 years ago and discovered why I was so upset at the time: it was when the daleks first appeared!
Flippin eck it was pure TV history.

I watched it on BBC Iplayer just now and it was BRILLIANT! I am 12 so I didn’t know much about Hartnell, I just thought ‘he’s the 1st Doctor, big deal’ but after watching this, it made me see who he really was. I cried so much my parents got worried! And not just out of sadness, but also out of joy, like seeing how all those kids loved the show. Thank you,Mark Gatiss, for such a wonderful show!

What a magnificent piece of television An Adventure in Time and Space was. Beautifully performed by the entire cast, particularly David Bradley and Jessica Raine. What a performance!

Wonderfully written by Mark Gatiss and brilliantly brought to life by the entire production crew. It was a story that I only knew tiny snippets off and Matt Smith popping up at the end was totally unexpected.

Congratulations to everyone involved, it was, not unlike the show that inspired it, a real triumphant piece of television!

It was brilliant drama focusing on Hartnell in the role of the Doctor. I loved it from start to end. So then Mark Gatiss…when are you doing the Troughton drama. His story is very interesting on screen and off screen!

It was the current generation of Whovians acknowledging William Hartnell’s brilliance. If Hartnell hadn’t nailed it, the show would probably have fizzled out. Matt Smith would be a talented actor doing other stuff, we wouldn’t be celebrating the 50th. That’s why he was in it.

Well I watched it and I cried buckets worth, that was an amazing piece of television full marks to Mr G. It won’t have struck the same chord with the younger fans but us oldies will have love it. A few baftas coming I reckon.

I really enjoyed this production.
Amazing cast including one of the lead actors from
The Bourne Films !
I saw the first Dr Who broadcast fifty years ago and it’s amazing to see how it still works today.
Very well done BBC Cymru/Wales. A credit to Wales

I recommend watching the classic film The Yangtse Incident and enjoy watching William Hartnell as the gritty bosun of HMS AMETHYST

Was Peter Cushing, who made two Doctor Who films, at about the same time as when the story was set! Mentioned or seen in it? I watched it and didn’t think he was, while a few friends I know, say, he was!

Excellent production. How close such a wonderful series became to being killed off at birth and just look at it now! Well done to all involved in putting it together. That’s the BBC, brilliant productions and may it long continue,

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